mupawxnut Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 With regards to tonight's wind, I just took a walk on the Millersville University campus, and a very encouraging sign is that the vast majority of trees here have shed all or most of their ice. Keep in mind that (in Millersville) this melting process started practically as soon as the sun rose and this afternoon we hit 33-34 degrees for a few hours with sunshine nearly peaking through the clouds at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Breezy weather has definitely reached here. It was a wind driven sleet to the face trying to snowblow my grandparents driveway. Back to snowing here with the post storm snow showers developing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 With regards to tonight's wind, I just took a walk on the Millersville University campus, and a very encouraging sign is that the vast majority of trees here have shed all or most of their ice. Keep in mind that (in Millersville) this melting process started practically as soon as the sun rose and this afternoon we hit 33-34 degrees for a few hours with sunshine nearly peaking through the clouds at times. Just got home from work and I was surprised at how little ice was left on the power lines. Some trees are still caked. Actually I am at 35.6 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 No power and no cable or internet First time here on mobile I saw 2 PPL trucks at the bottom of chickies on my way home. Hang in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I know it is the NAM and the 18z NAM at that but this is darn close. it goes OTS but I don't think it would take much to ride up the coast. I am no expert though: http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/ImageFourPanel.php?model=nam&area=namer&cycle=18&fhr=069¶m=500_vort_ht|1000_500_thick|700_rh_ht|850_temp_ht&size=medium that southern stream wave has no shot for us by itself. Problem is it runs way out ahead of the northern stream trough that we need to phase in. Either we need more interaction and phase between the two or a weaker front runner and leave enough behind for the trailing vort with better upper support to amp by itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mupawxnut Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Just got home from work and I was surprised at how little ice was left on the power lines. Some trees are still caked. Actually I am at 35.6 now.In short, I do not think this will be as much of an issue (especially down in Millersville) as many seem to be making it. The trees here simply do not have 1/2" of ice on them anymore--given the fact that the ice has been constantly melting for the past 8+ hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Up to 37 all a sudden, trees rapidly loosing ice. Looks like we will be ok tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Are the models not handling the 2 lows this weekend? Still lots of time for things to change and see if the models can get a handle on these 2 systems. See where this storm is at Friday. yep things can change hoping at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 that southern stream wave has no shot for us by itself. Problem is it runs way out ahead of the northern stream trough that we need to phase in. Either we need more interaction and phase between the two or a weaker front runner and leave enough behind for the trailing vort with better upper support to amp by itself. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfox1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I saw 2 PPL trucks at the bottom of chickies on my way home. Hang in there... Thanks Still have a good bit of ice up here Southern exposure really melted but northern exposures notmuch dispite hitting 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Snow/sleet shower passing through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfox1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 A good sign A ppl supervisor came back my lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Tree said eff it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Gusting to 35mph right now, lucky the ice has melted off most trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Ok just gusted to 45mph. Really windy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Local reports that power won't be restored until Saturday at the earliest. So much for "low impact." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Maybe someone can help me out with something driving me crazy. I stayed in Baltimore last night so I could get to work. The whole drive up 83 and 81 there was ice accumulation on the trees. But when I got past the 78 split on 81 and the rest of the way to pine grove in southern schuykill county suddenly no ice. Now it's no big deal but there are only 2 options why that would be and there is a problem with each. 1 would be if there was no freezing rain but there is only about 2" of sleet/snow accumulation, not enough if all the precip was snow/sleet given radar estimates are well over 1" qpf. Second option was it was too warm but that seems unlikely that it got warmer in a valley in central pa way north of places in md that had ice. Sorry but this is driving me mts anyone know what the answer is? And yes I know I'm crazy for even worrying about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Local reports that power won't be restored until Saturday at the earliest. So much for "low impact." Ya the people on here that said this won't be a big deal are looking pretty silly right now. I was honking big ice the whole time. Walked around my area today, lots of large branches down. Glad our power lines our under ground here so no power issues. Only had it go out for a few seconds earlier today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfox1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Talked to someone earlier today who was suprised her power was out in a development with underground wires Oh it comes from somewhere above ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 There are still ice on trees and power lines in the hills of Strasburg township, Lancaster County. If those winds kick up there could be more trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jims Videos Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 My apartment complex has branches down all over and I still heard some falling a short time ago. When are those winds gonna arrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Watching the news and seeing some of the ice storm pictures. I swear people are dumb. Who parks their car under a tree during an ice storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 My apartment complex has branches down all over and I still heard some falling a short time ago. When are those winds gonna arrive? Should be there soon. Hit here 20 mins ago and gusting to 35-40mph right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Watching the news and seeing some of the ice storm pictures. I swear people are dumb. Who parks their car under a tree during an ice storm. I realized at the tail end that my wife's car was parked under our maple tree out front. It lost a limb, but it fell in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummyratguy Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Drove around for work today, from East Prospect, York County to Ephrata, Lancaster County, and then down to Windsor, York County. The rural areas of York county have a ton of damage and still have a lot of ice on the trees. Here are some pics from the Lower Windsor area. For my destination, 2 out of 3 roads in were closed. In the first pic, you can see the sun reflecting off of some of the trees, it was impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Think the weekend system may be a 2-4" type deal, still a chance for something little bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 I realized at the tail end that my wife's car was parked under our maple tree out front. It lost a limb, but it fell in the yard. Got lucky. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Drove around for work today, from East Prospect, York County to Ephrata, Lancaster County, and then down to Windsor, York County. The rural areas of York county have a ton of damage and still have a lot of ice on the trees. Here are some pics from the Lower Windsor area. For my destination, 2 out of 3 roads in were closed. In the first pic, you can see the sun reflecting off of some of the trees, it was impressive. Hey, I lived in Windsor, 66 Main Street, until we moved to York when I was two. Was wondering, are those pics on Craley Road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummyratguy Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hey, I lived in Windsor, 66 Main Street, until we moved to York when I was two. Was wondering, are those pics on Craley Road? I passed right thru there. The (only) stoplight in Windsor was running on a generator and I didn't see a house with power down there. Yep, the first pic is on Craley rd, and the one with the trees hanging on the wires is Abels Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I passed right thru there. The (only) stoplight in Windsor was running on a generator and I didn't see a house with power down there. Yep, the first pic is on Craley rd, and the one with the trees hanging on the wires is Abels Rd. Cool, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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